The battle on the southern front has come to an end, but the Italian army, which should have arrived in time, has not arrived.

The biggest reason for this result is not because they deliberately slow down the pace of marching, but because ...... Are they going in the wrong direction?!

The reconnaissance company under the regiment led by Captain Carter was responsible for clearing the way for the large Italian army, and this reconnaissance company was part of General Garibaldi's direct troops, and Captain Carter was also a careful part of Garibaldi's care, and won the trust of General Garibaldi.

The six leading men of the reconnaissance company directly under the Italian army were responsible for leading the way at the front of the entire Italian army, they were about 1 mile away from most of the reconnaissance company, and 10 miles behind the reconnaissance company was the main force of the Italian army.

The reconnaissance company was like the eyes and ears of the Italian army, tasked with opening the way for the Italian army. It's just that their eyesight and hearing seem to have a big problem......

"Calling Captain Carter! Calling Captain Carter! Please answer when you receive it! Please answer when you receive it! "The communications soldier in the spearhead calls Captain Carter on the radio.

"I'm Carter, talking." Captain Carter replied immediately.

"Report to Captain, we have spotted an unidentified town 2 miles ahead, and the enemy situation in the town is unknown. Oddly enough, the town did not appear on our scheduled marching route. The Signal Soldier then reported.

"Got it, continue to investigate, and report the situation immediately." After Captain Carter replied, he thought for a moment and then ordered his subordinates, "Bring a map and a compass." ”

Unfamiliar with the situation on the Algerian border, they almost went in the wrong direction several times, but fortunately they were corrected in time. Otherwise, they may make a big mistake and delay the warplanes, even though they have no intention of fighting.

After repeated positioning by Captain Carter and several other officers, they found that they had made a huge mistake - the troop marched 30 degrees to the east, causing the large Italian forces to enter the Libyan territory 25 miles deep.

Dramatically, the British did not even realize that the Italian army had penetrated deep into their rear bases, and if the more than 100,000 Italian troops were replaced by German troops, the British troops on the front line would have been wiped out.

Thankfully, this was the Italian, not the German.

"If there is no error in the calculation, we should now be in the area west of Seidles in western Libya, and the unknown town mentioned in the news just now from the spearhead is probably Seidles." Carter muttered to himself.

"As far as I know, Seidles is the foundation of the British rear, and almost all of the British army's baggage ammunition is stored here." Carter's well-informed adjutant said to him, "I suggest that General Garibaldi be reported immediately and explain what we are doing." ”

Carter nodded after hearing this, and agreed with the suggestion: "That's right, we should report it to General Garibaldi immediately, and by the way, report our dereliction of duty." ”

Although it was a serious dereliction of duty on the part of the reconnaissance company to lead the troops, after all, his unit was one of Garibaldi's direct units, so if he made a mistake, as long as he reported it in time, he would not be punished too much.

Sure enough, after Garibaldi received the news from the reconnaissance company, instead of holding Carter accountable for his dereliction of duty, he praised Carter in public.

At an emergency seminar, he praised the generals under his command: "Carter, the captain of the reconnaissance company directly under his command, when he was leading his troops on a reconnaissance mission, accidentally discovered that the British army had a heavy load of ammunition stored in the rear of the intelligence, and he was in charge of Seidles. I announce the award of Captain Carter, and at the same time, order the troops to be ready for battle and move closer to Seidles in two directions! ”

Close? It's going to be war!

"General, wait a minute......." The one who spoke was still the major general with Mussolini's backing, who was afraid of war from the bottom of his bones, and always looked for some trouble when General Garibaldi decided to fight.

"I think we should hold that reconnaissance company commander accountable, not commend him. It was he who led our troops in the wrong direction and caused us to enter Libyan territory and penetrate deep into the rear of the British army...... It would have been an unnecessary battle. The major general began his life-threatening ramblings, and the point is, he seemed to be addicted!

"Secondly, we don't know much about the Seidles defence, and even if the Seidles don't have a lot of defence, it's British territory after all. I can guarantee that as soon as we start fighting, there will be a steady stream of British troops to support us, and we will definitely not be able to support it when the time comes. So my suggestion is to go back the way you came, and move closer to Heights 3 and 4 as originally planned. ”

After listening to his words, General Garibaldi nodded perfunctorily, but there was a faint hint of anger on his face.

But he calmly replied: "What you say makes sense, in this way, you take your division to join the German and French armies, and we will attack Seidles." ”

"But, but, the general......"

"Don't say it, it's decided." General Garibaldi unceremoniously interrupted the major general this time, because he couldn't take it anymore. It's not the first time this guy has had a blatant fight...... Although many other generals are also timid, everyone won't say it!

"Of course, if you don't want to go to Ejele alone, you can also attack Seidles with us." Garibaldi added.

The major general was stunned, he didn't expect General Garibaldi to speak to him like this, after all, he had Mussolini as his backing, and other people, regardless of their rank, would give three points when they saw him, but this time Garibaldi did not save him face at all.

In fact, it is not that Garibaldi did not give him face.

On the contrary, Garibaldi has already forgiven and forgiven his actions more than once. But this time, Garibaldi really couldn't bear it, the major general didn't think about the German-French alliance that was still fighting with the British, and all he wanted was to avoid the war and be lazy, and he didn't pay attention to the war at all.

He also didn't want to think about who Libya belonged to in the first place? It's land that belongs to Italy, and if you don't work hard to get it back, can't you really just count on your allies to help you get it back?

This is not to say that Garibaldi cared about the safety of the forces of the two Franco-German allies, on the contrary, if it had been in the past, he would have also hoped that the losses of the Franco-German allies would be as great as possible.

Now the situation is different, if France and Germany lose the initiative in North Africa, then the British will control the southern coast of the Mediterranean, which will undoubtedly be very bad news for Italy.

Italy could not afford to do so, which is why Mussolini unexpectedly joined forces with France in North Africa.

Mussolini did not really want to support Vichy France, but supporting France was actually supporting Italy itself, and only by fighting the British army could Mussolini's goal be achieved.

What Mussolini preferred was to find a strategic balance in North Africa to balance the power of Britain, France and Italy. He didn't want any of the three countries to be far more powerful than the other two...... Of course, Italy is far except, but unfortunately they can't.

If it weren't for the British's ruthless attack on Bironte's Algerian army, and the Germans finally sent reinforcements, Garibaldi's more than 100,000 Italian troops would have been emptied by Wavell long ago.